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{{trope}}
Age Inappropriate Art is when a teen/child either sings a song or has a skit or is involved in some other performance that could be considered [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|not suitable for someone so young]]. Normally [[Played for Laughs]]. Subdivision of [[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior]]. Compare [[Age-Inappropriate Dress]], where a character is wearing something that doesn't fit his age. If it's an adult suggesting it, then it's [[Corruption of a Minor]]. See also [[From the Mouths of Babes]].
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* ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' featured an [[Incest Is Relative|uncle and a niece and later an aunt and a nephew]] sing "Afternoon Delight" by Starland Vocal Band.
* A lot of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' characters and sketches have had this over the 37 years ([[Long Runners|and counting]]) it's been on the air. A recent example appeared on the third time [[Scarlett Johansson]] hosted, which featured a sketch about up-and-coming child actresses (played by Johansson and feature player Vanessa Bayer) performing monologues and famous scenes from movies that aren't for children, such as ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', ''The Color Purple'', ''A Few Good Men'', and ''On the Waterfront''.
* On ''[[Head of the Class]]'', the students were putting on a production of ''[[Hair (theatre)]]'' and a discussion of the [[Nude Scene]] came up. Mr. Moore resolved it. First he said that "all the people who think we should do the nude scene stand over here, and all the people who don't think we should do the nude scene stand over here," [[All Women Are Prudes|thus separating the boys from the girls]]. Then he said, "OK, those of you who want the nude scene - get naked!" The boys then decided they didn't want to do the scene.
* Similarly, there's an off-screen performance of ''[[Hair (theatre)]]'' ("'Black Boys Are Delicious' was quite well-done!") and an on-screen performance of ''Salome'' by elementary school kids on ''[[Two Guys, a Girl And A Pizza Place]]''.
* ''[[Minipops]]'': How's this for a show concept? It's on a mainstream channel at teatime. It features hit songs of recent years being sung by prepubescent children in costumes copied from the original artists and full makeup. Hit songs include, for particularly squickyness, "Nine to Five" by Sheena Easton, in which the singer relates how hard her husband works, but then she's cooked him dinner and they have sex. British television, [[Channel 4]], early 1980s.
* Several episodes of the current revival of ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' centered around high school students preparing a production of the musical ''Spring Awakening'', a play that includes a semi-explicit love-making scene.
* One episode of ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'' had Ned accidentally painting an orange naked lady in art class.
* All of ''[[Wonder Showzen]]''.
* ''[[Tosh.0]]'' came up with a novel way to get around [[Moral Guardians|Standards and Practices]] and still show [[Shock Site|Famous Awful]] Internet Porn Clips: [http://tosh.comedycentral.com/video-clips/porn-reenactments Disturbingly adorable reenactments with kids].
{{quote|'''Daniel Tosh:''' The great thing about doing this thing in Hollywood is that there is no shortage of awful parents who'll let their kids do anything for a SAG card.}}
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* [[Truth in Television]], at least for recent generations. Many kids from [[The Nineties]] and [[The Noughties]] (2000s) sang some of the dirtier popular songs with their friends.
* One local music festival had a 14-year-old girl singing "If You're Good to Momma" from [[Chicago]]. ''Not'' okay.
* [[Courtney Love]] auditioned for the Mouseketeers when she was young. The issue was that she was reciting a [[Sylvia Plath]] poem for her audition.
* The unsolved murder of Jon-Benet Ramsey put a harsh spotlight on the world of "Little Miss" pageants (see TLC's ''[[Toddlers and Tiaras]]'') and the sexual undertones of putting preschool-age girls into costumes, hairstyles and makeup mimicking those of, glitzy, often raunchy, grown-up stage performers.
* Then there was that second-grade production of ''[[Scarface]]''. Tony Montana's F-bombs were switched out, but still...
* Many, many elementary schools have the choir sing "Seasons of Love" from [[Rent]] at the end of the year. We pray that they never look up...any other song from that show.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[South Park]]'' is full of this. From Butters' song "What What (in the Butt)" to the Nativity scene with a graphic birth scene.
** One of the best is Cartman doing a monologue from ''[[Scarface]]''.
** [[Innocent Innuendo|Fingerbang]].
{{quote|'''Stan''': Dude, what does 'Fingerbang' mean?
'''Cartman''': It's when you make a gun with your hands and go BANG, dude. }}
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